Re: Delete roaming profile on TS server.
Marcus wrote:
> Hi Vera,
>
> The folder that is giving me the most trouble is Local Settings -->
> Application Data. And I do not know if it is so good to delete that folder.
> What I have read it can't be roamed Either.
>
> //Marcus
>
> "Vera Noest [MVP]" wrote:
>
>> Yes, you can use this setting in a Group Policy:
>>
>> Computer Configuration - Administrative Templates - System - User
>> profiles
>> "Delete cached copies of roaming profiles"
>>
>> But your first priority should be to minimize the size of these
>> profiles!
>> What's making them so big, when you have already redirected most
>> folders out of the profile? Could be Internet Explorer cache,
>> althought it's by default configured to not roam with the profile.
>> But maybe the IE Temp files have never been deleted from the
>> server, if the cached roaming profiles never have been deleted?
>> _________________________________________________________
>> Vera Noest
>> MCSE, CCEA, Microsoft MVP - Terminal Server
>> TS troubleshooting: http://ts.veranoest.net
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>>
>> =?Utf-8?B?TWFyY3Vz?= <Marcus@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote on
>> 06 feb 2008 in microsoft.public.windows.terminal_services:
>>
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> The proplem I'm facing is that a lot of users are logging on to
>>> our terminal server with big roaming profiles 100Mb+ and these
>>> profiles take up a lot of space on the Terminal servers. Folder
>>> redirection is implemented on the following:
>>>
>>> *Application Data
>>> *Desktop
>>> *My Documents
>>> *Start menu
>>>
>>> Is it possible to delete some folders on the terminals severs
>>> very time the users logs of. or does anyone have any better
>>> suggestion?
>>>
>>> All help is much appreciated
>>>
>>> Regards
>>>
>>> Marcus
As Vera said, I would definitely look at what happens if you turn off
folder redirection for Application Data. What application(s) is/are
storing data there? What would be the impact if the applications(s) had
different local content?
For example, at the Hospice I support, we use a medical database
application (Misys) on our Citrix/TS servers that stores a *LOT* of
temp/cached data in a local cache folder. I ended up excluding that
folder from the TS Roaming Profiles and it reduced the size and loading
time by a lot. Having different cache folders on each server turned out
to be no big deal. The few times it becomes an issue are easily
resolved, costing a lots less in support time than slow logons and
corrupted profiles caused...
The real problem you have here is the size of the profiles. Space on the
TS server is a logistical issue, not a technical one. Increase the
amount of storage and/or clean up the drive. It may be complicated, but
not a big *technical* one.
Having roaming profiles of 100MB+ is an invitation to slow logons and
corrupted profiles. I'm kind of surprised that this is not a bigger
issue than the space taken up on the TS server....
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Regards,
Hank Arnold
Microsoft MVP
Windows Server - Directory Services